backsawing

backsawing

[′bak‚sȯ·iŋ]

(forestry)

A method of converting timber so that the growth rings meet the face in any part of an angle of less than 45°. Also known as bastard-sawing; crown-cut; plain-sawing; slash-sawing.

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.